TAPE MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR CENTRALLY LOCATED AUTOMATIC ANSWERING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT

摘要

TITLE TAPE MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR CENTRALLY LOCATED AUTOMATIC ANSWERING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT A telephone answering and recording system designed for installation in a centralized location remote from the customer's premises. A single subscriber's line is employed in both normal operation between the customer's regular telephone subset and the centrally located answering and recording equipment. Included in the answering and recording equipment is circuitry which detects and advises the customer when an included tape in the answering and recording equipment mechanism has stopped or reached its beginning position. Also included in the answering and recording equipment is circuitry which permits automatic reset of the tape mechanism.